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What has happened to Realplayer?Starting with their RealOne Player Version 1 which came out couple of years ago, Realplayer software seem to got too big for their own good. The newer versions contain a browser and Jukebox player, and anytime Realplayer is opened, the browser open automatically launching into real.com web site...whether you like it or not :)
The worst part is that Replayer have embedded some type of program in their software that request/send information to some web site even when realplayer is not open/launched. I have a Firewall software and it warns me if any programs on my compute try to access Internet without my permission.
Realplayer "spyware" try to contact the Internet at least couple of times a day, and of course I deny the permission. And that is when realplayer is not open. So, it make one wonder to what information is send when Realplayer IS open and it already has permission to access web from my Firewall!!
Here are the older versions of Realplayer software which are much smaller and don't contain the browser, and no spy software (from RealPlayer 8 and lower):
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Topic - Latest Realplayer (10) from Real.com may contain spyware. - Tony Montana 16:47:03 07/12/04 (15)
- All that and more is why I refuse to have anything to do with RealPlayer,.. - Neil49 17:11:37 07/12/04 (9)
- Rd: Same here, even the old versions were annoying... - Matts 17:19:09 07/12/04 (1)
- I had to reformat my HD to get rid of it completely. - Tony Montana 21:10:53 07/12/04 (0)
- Re: All that and more is why I refuse to have anything to do with RealPlayer,.. - RBP 18:30:46 07/12/04 (6)
- Real ness. - Poindexter 20:21:54 07/12/04 (1)
- Thanks for the tip. - Tony Montana 21:21:01 07/12/04 (1)
- Realplayer alternative - Daveslater 20:58:17 07/12/04 (1)
- How whould I do that? - Tony Montana 21:15:57 07/12/04 (1)
- What's a ram file?... - Neil49 00:36:05 07/13/04 (1)
- Re: What's a ram file?... - RBP 06:54:26 07/13/04 (0)
- It's probably the auto-updater - Biencfg 21:16:51 07/12/04 (2)
- It sure like to update itself frequently :)-nt - Tony Montana 21:24:54 07/12/04 (1)
- VIE - pp 20:42:42 06/13/06 (0)
- And this surprises you? - Jack G 04:14:38 07/13/04 (1)
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